Noli Me Tangere
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Noli Me Tangere Do Not Touch Me, |
We can only speculate. But during the Renaissance many artists and their patrons were taken with the verse John 20:17. Here are a few of the many paintings with this theme. Some show Jesus as a gardener, because in John 20:15 Mary Magdalene supposed him to be the gardener. Many show similar poses as various artists used earlier paintings for inspiration, and some are rather provocative.
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Noli Me Tangere Alonzo Cano, 1640, |
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Noli Me Tangere Coreggio, 1520, |
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Noli Me Tangere Jocopo Tintoretto ~1575, Toledo Museum of Art |
| Noli Me Tangere Anton Raphael Meng, 1769, Palacio Real de Madrid |
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Noli Me Tangere Andrea del Sarto, 1510, Museo di San Salvi |
| Noli Me Tangere Paolo Veronese, 1528, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble |
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Noli Me Tangere Agnolo Bronzino, 1561, Musee du Louvre, Paris |
Noli Me Tangere Jacopo Pontormo, ~ 1530, after a drawing by Michelangelo. |
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"I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God".
This is quite clear. Jesus is saying that He and we are of the same nature.
And does Our Father mean Our Father or not!
